11/23/2016
EXHIBITOR magazine has just finalized the jury pool for the ISE 2017 Stand Design Awards, organized by EXHIBITOR Magazine.

The new initiative is hosted by Integrated Systems Europe, the world’s largest audiovisual and systems-integration trade show (held in Amsterdam Feb. 7–10, 2017), and managed solely by EXHIBITOR magazine, an award-winning monthly publication featuring best practices for trade show marketing.

The 2017 jury panel, which will score finalists on the show floor at ISE 2017, will comprise the following world-renowned exhibition experts:

Matthias Braun, creative director, Studio Atelier Damböck Messebau GmbH, MunichMatthias Braun brings more than 23 years of experience to his position as creative director at Studio Atelier Damböck Messebau GmbH. Founded in 1975, the Munich-based studio has developed into a global provider of 3-D communication and brand design with branches and partners in Europe, the United States, and China. Prior to joining Atelier Damböck, Braun worked with Infocus Design in Sydney, where he designed an award-winning motor-show exhibit for the Land Rover brand. He partners with clients and mentors multidisciplinary design teams to create outstanding projects such as trade fair stands, show rooms, events, interiors, and environments for clients all over the world, including brands such as Apple Computer, Atomic Ski, Baxter, Cazal Eyewear, Doka, Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Siemens, Xylem, and many more.

Dick de Jong, manager of presentations and collections, NEMO Science Museum, AmsterdamDick de Jong is the manager of presentations and collections at the NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam, where his department is responsible for the exhibitions, programs, and heritage collection featuring more than 17,000 objects. De Jong is currently updating the museum, and by 2020 it will have new exhibitions on every floor, a new restaurant, and an entrance space and unique outdoor exhibition area. He is also on the program committee at Hands On! — International Association of Children in Museums, and he was part of the project team for the Tropenmuseum’s Haitian Vodou exhibition. Featuring life-size images, alters, and intriguing artifacts, the exhibition appeared in Amsterdam Oct. 31, 2008, to May 10, 2009, during which time it became one of the most visited exhibitions in the history of the Tropenmuseum. Thereafter, the Haitian Vodou exhibition traveled to Gothenburg, Sweden; Bremen, Germany; Berlin, and Stockholm.

Rob Huisman, previous managing director of the Association of Dutch Designers (BNO), AmsterdamCurrently an advisor for the creative industries in the Netherlands, Rob Huisman was the managing director of the Association of Dutch Designers (BNO) from 1986 to 2013. He also served as the interim director of the association of Dutch photographers in The Netherlands (DuPho) as well as the president of the Wim Crouwel Foundation, which is committed to the management, retrieval, and digitization of collections of graphic design and typography by heritage institutions in the Netherlands. Huisman has been the president of AGA Lab, a laboratory for the cross-fertilization in the field of technology, material, and imagery, and has been a board member of Dutch Design Daily and PhotoQ as well as an ambassador of What Design Can Do, a platform to showcase design as a catalyst of change and as a way of addressing the societal questions of our time.

Aleksey Kozyrev, exhibition design team lead, Wargaming Group Ltd., Minsk, BelarusAleksey Kozyrev is currently the exhibition design team lead at Wargaming Group Ltd., an award-winning online game developer and publisher. Here he leads a team focused on creating amazing and unique stand designs for shows such as the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Gamescom, the Toyko Game Show, and many others. His work has been honored multiple times in EXHIBITOR Magazine’s Exhibit Design Awards. Kozyrev has also worked for one of the biggest advertising agencies in Belarus and has held key leadership roles in various interior design companies in Belarus and Russia.

Andrew Sexton, creative director and agency partner, 2LK Design Ltd., Farnham, United KingdomIn addition to being a guest lecturer and speaker, Andrew Sexton is the creative director and an agency partner at 2LK Design Ltd., an award-winning experiential design agency based in Farnham, United Kingdom. Sexton has managed high-level experience design for the likes of Honda Motor Co., Mozilla Corp., HSBC Bank International, and Fabergé (UK) Ltd. He has overseen 2LK’s wider creative output and pioneered its approach to intelligent, insight-led creativity for more than 10 years. Driven by an absolute passion and commitment for design effectiveness, Sexton offers a vision that is key to the firm’s ongoing success and that shapes the work it produces.

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